The Funnies #4 (1937) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: The Funnies (Dell, 1936 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: January 1937
Key date: 1937-01-00
On-sale date: 1936-12-10
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	letters: ?, typeset	Major Hoople [Santa Claus]; Jimmie Dugan
2	The Mysteries of Life; Hey, Bo!; The Prober; The Lucky Stiff!	comic story	1	script: J. R. Williams; pencils: J. R. Williams; inks: J. R. Williams; letters: J. R. Williams
3	-	comic story	1	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane; letters: Roy Crane	Captain Easy
4	-	comic story	1	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane; letters: Roy Crane	Captain Easy
5	-	comic story	1	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane; letters: Roy Crane	Captain Easy
6	-	comic story	1	script: Roy Crane; pencils: Roy Crane; inks: Roy Crane; letters: Roy Crane
7	-	comic story	0.7	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher	Jeff, Mutt
8	Hitchhiking	comic story	0.3	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher	Desdemona
9	Christmas Plants; The Cardinal	comic story	1	script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson
10	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
11	-	comic story	0.15	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
12	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
13	-	comic story	0.8	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
14	-	comic story	1	script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh; letters: Norman Marsh
15	-	comic story	1	script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh; letters: Norman Marsh
16	-	comic story	1	script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh; letters: Norman Marsh
17	-	comic story	1	script: Norman Marsh; pencils: Norman Marsh; inks: Norman Marsh; letters: Norman Marsh
18	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes	Jimmie Dugan; Pinhead Duffy; Puddinhead Duffy; Bump Hudson; Ma Duffy; Bullseye the dog
19	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes	Daisybelle; Daisybelle's mom; Raymond
20	-	comic story	0.55	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Reynold Brown
21	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
22	-	comic story	0.4	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
23	-	comic story	0.55	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Reynold Brown
24	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
25	-	comic story	0.4	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
26	-	comic story	0.55	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Reynold Brown
27	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
28	-	comic story	0.4	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
29	-	comic story	0.55	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
30	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
31	-	comic story	0.4	script: Hal Forrest; pencils: Hal Forrest; inks: Hal Forrest; letters: Hal Forrest
32	-	comic story	0.2	script: Bill Zaboly; pencils: Bill Zaboly; inks: Bill Zaboly; letters: Bill Zaboly
33	-	comic story	0.8	script: Williams; pencils: Williams; inks: Williams; letters: Williams
34	-	comic story	2	script: Ray Thompson; pencils: Charles Coll; inks: Charles Coll	Myra North
35	The Strange Story of Phineas Avery!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
36	Back Home	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
37	The Stranger's Command!	comic story	1	script: Edwin Alger; pencils: Edwin Alger; inks: Edwin Alger
38	-	text story	1	script: Hal Cochran; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
39	-	comic story	1	script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
40	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes	Jimmie Dugan; Pinhead Duffy; Puddinhead Duffy; Bullseye the dog; Bump Hudson; Ma Duffy; Professor Magico
41	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes	Daisybelle
42	Merry Christmas Every Body! From Scribbly	comic story	1	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Dinky Jibbet, Ma Jibbet, Scribbly Jibbet
43	The Foiled Pursuit	comic story	0.8	script: Sheldon Mayer; pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer; letters: Sheldon Mayer	Scribbly Jibbet
44	-	cartoon	0.2	script: Scribbly; pencils: Scribbly; inks: Scribbly; letters: Scribbly	Dinky Jibbet, Scribbly Jibbet
45	-	comic story	1.5	script: Blosser; pencils: Blosser; inks: Blosser; letters: Blosser
46	Special Christmas Offer	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
47	-	comic story	1	script: Edgar Martin; pencils: Edgar Martin; inks: Edgar Martin; letters: Edgar Martin
48	Jeff's Cab Service	comic story	0.67	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher	Jeff, Mutt
49	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.33	script: Helen Meyer
50	-	comic story	0.8	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin	Alley Oop; Fozzy; King Guzzle
51	Cave Bear	cartoon	0.2	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin
52	-	comic story	0.8	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin	Alley Oop; Fozzy; King Guzzle
53	Moa	cartoon	0.2	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin
54	-	comic story	0.8	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin	Alley Oop; Fozzy; King Guzzle
55	Devonian Fish	cartoon	0.2	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin
56	-	comic story	0.8	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin	Alley Oop; Fozzy; King Guzzle
57	Mastodon	cartoon	0.2	script: V. T. Hamlin; pencils: V. T. Hamlin; inks: V. T. Hamlin; letters: V. T. Hamlin
58	-	comic story	1	script: Edgar Martin; pencils: Edgar Martin; inks: Edgar Martin; letters: Edgar Martin
59	-	comic story	1	script: Richard W. Thomas; pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli
60	-	text story	1	script: Hal Cochran; pencils: George Scarbo; inks: George Scarbo
61	-	comic story	0.5	script: Dorothy Urfer; pencils: Dorothy Urfer; inks: Dorothy Urfer; letters: Dorothy Urfer
62	At Least, He Doesn't Need Socks	comic story	0.5	script: Small; pencils: Small; inks: Small; letters: Small
63	Formula 101 [Part 1]	text story	2	script: George Baker; pencils: George Baker; inks: George Baker
64	-	comic story	2	script: J. Irving Crump; pencils: Kevin Royt; inks: Kevin Royt	Og; Nada; Ru
65	-	comic story	0.25	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
66	Sea Lion	activity	0.15	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
67	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
68	-	comic story	0.25	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
69	Kangaroo	activity	0.15	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
70	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
71	-	comic story	0.25	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
72	Beastmaster Morgan	activity	0.15	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
73	-	comic story	0.6	script: Bob Moore; pencils: Carl Pfeufer; inks: Carl Pfeufer
74	Merry Christmas!	comic story	1	script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis; letters: Clyde Lewis
75	-	comic story	0.2	script: Bela Zaboly; pencils: Bela Zaboly; inks: Bela Zaboly; letters: Bela Zaboly
76	-	comic story	0.8	script: Williams; pencils: Williams; inks: Williams; letters: Williams
77	-	comic story	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman; letters: Fred Harman
78	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman; letters: Fred Harman
79	-	comic story	2	script: Dick Blair; pencils: Milt Youngren; inks: Milt Youngren
80	-	comic story	0.7	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher; letters: Bud Fisher	Cicero, Jeff, Mutt
81	Whistling Kettle	comic story	0.3	script: Bud Fisher; pencils: Bud Fisher; inks: Bud Fisher	Desdemona
82	-	comic story	0.5	script: Dorothy Urfer; pencils: Dorothy Urfer; inks: Dorothy Urfer; letters: Dorothy Urfer
83	Anyway, Duzz Got His Hope	comic story	0.5	script: Small; pencils: Small; inks: Small; letters: Small
84	-	comic story	0.15	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
85	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
86	-	comic story	0.8	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern
87	-	activity	1	script: A. W. Nugent; pencils: A. W. Nugent; inks: A. W. Nugent; letters: A. W. Nugent
88	Mushrooms; The Wapiti or Elk	comic story	1	script: William Ferguson; pencils: William Ferguson; inks: William Ferguson; letters: William Ferguson
89	-	comic story	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman; letters: Fred Harman
90	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Fred Harman; pencils: Fred Harman; inks: Fred Harman; letters: Fred Harman
91	-	comic story	0.6	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes	Jimmie Dugan; Puddinhead Duffy; Curley; Bump Hudson; Bullseye the dog; Ma Dugan; Pa Dugan; milkman
92	-	comic story	0.4	script: Gene Byrnes; pencils: Gene Byrnes; inks: Gene Byrnes; letters: Gene Byrnes	Daisybelle; Raymond
93	-	comic story	1	script: Edgar Martin; pencils: Edgar Martin; inks: Edgar Martin; letters: Edgar Martin
94	Capture of Hill 140; "Back to Normalcy"; Wizard of Electricity	text story	0.85	script: I. S. Klein
96	-	comic story	0.67	script: Gladys Parker; pencils: Gladys Parker; inks: Gladys Parker; letters: Gladys Parker
98	Popular Comics; The Funnies	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.23	letters: typeset
100	-	comic story	0.95	script: Clyde Lewis; pencils: Clyde Lewis; inks: Clyde Lewis; letters: Clyde Lewis
101	-	cartoon	0.15	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
102	-	cartoon	0.05	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern
103	-	comic story	0.8	script: Gene Ahern; pencils: Gene Ahern; inks: Gene Ahern; letters: Gene Ahern

Plus 2.3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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